Event Index
A
Anglicon Synod of Bunbury Diocese 1911
Agricultural Conference 1912
Axeman’s Demonstration 1914
Arrival of HMAS Australia 1934
Austin Car Deliveries 1940
Apex Charity and Patriotic Queen 1940 1940 1940
Award for Town Contribution to Liberty Loan 1942
Anzac Day 1947
Apex Charity Ball 1947
Apex Gifts for Orphans 1947
Anzac Day 1948
Art Gallery Opening 1949
Anzac Day 1949
Arbor Day 1949
Apex Fair 1949
Australian Senior Championships 1950
Anzac Day 1954
B
Bunbury Cup 1898
Bunbury Show 1899
Boxing Day Sports Boxing Day Sports 1902
Bunbury Music Competition 1905
Bunbury Shooting Club 1905
Bunbury Sports day 1906
Bunbury Show 1907
Bunbury Friendly Societies Sports Day 1908 1908
Bunbury Week 1908
Bunbury Show 1910
Bunbury Show 1911
Bunbury Eisteddfod 1914
Bowling Tournament 1914
Bunbury Diocesan Synod 1916
Bunbury Show, 1918
Bunbury Show 1922
Bunbury Cup 1927
Bunbury Surf Carnival 1928, 1928
Bunbury Show 1928
Bunbury Cup 1929
Bunbury Historical Exhibition 1929
Bunbury War Memorial Completed 1930
Bunbury Show 1932
Bunbury Show 1934
Bunbury Guineas 1936
Bunbury Show 1936
Bunbury Golf Party 1937
Bunbury Guineas 1937
Baby Week Garden Fate 1939
Bunbury Cup 1939
Bunbury Cup 1940
Bunbury Racing 1941
Bunbury New Year’s Races 1941
Bunbury Cup 1947, 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947
Bunbury Holiday Camp 1947
Bunbury Golf Weekend 1947
Blood Transfusion Coach Visits 1948
Bowling Green Opening 1948
Bicycle Peak Hour 1948
Bunbury Railway accident 1949
Bunbury Guineas 1949
Bunbury Cup 1949
Bunbury Cup 1950
Bunbury Memorial Park Vandalism 1950
Bunbury Art Show 1952
Bunbury Tennis Championship 1952
Bunbury Hunt 1953
Bunbury Cup 1954
C
Coronation Day 1902
Children’s Fancy Dress Ball 1908
Club Swinging World Record attempt 1910 1910
Commercial Travellers Charities Carnival 1912 1912
Charity Carnival 1913
Church Delegates Boating Tragedy 1916
Children’s Centenary Beach Party 1937
Centenary Celebrations 1937, 1937
Children’s Milk Scheme 1940
Council Land reclamation 1946
Catholic Ball 1946
Centenary of Birth of Sir John Forrest 1947
C.W.A. 21st Birthday 1950 1950
D
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester Visit 1946
Dalgety’s Beach Barbecue 1950
E
Escape of Fenian Prisoners 1876 (sk)
Easter Encampment for Officers 1900
Empire Day Celebrations 1908
Ecclesiastical Conference 1929
F
Fancy Dress Football Match 1902
Federal and Interstate Visitors Tour 1903
Fancy Dress Ball 1908
Fire Brigades Competition 1909
Fire Brigade Demonstration March 1931
Fatal Plane Crash 1933
Flying Fifty motor race 1938
Flooding 1939
Flooding 1946
First Shipment of Cars to Bunbury 1947
First Co-operative Sports Gathering 1948
First Speed Boat Annual race 1953
G
Goldfield’s Children Visit 1903
Governor’s Visit 1904
Goldfields Children’s visit 1907
Governor’s Tour 1913
Goldfields children visiting 1918
Garage Fire at Bunbury 1932
Golf Day 1936
Guy Fawkes Day 1948
Governor-General Visit 1948
H
Hunt Club Meet 1908
Hunt Club meet 1908
Hunt Club Meet 1909
Harvesting 1909
High School Folk Dance Centenary 1929
Hubert Opperman in Bunbury to Collie Race 1933
Harbor Extension 1935
H.M.A.S Bunbury 1943
I
Inland Championship Football Carnival 1912
International Harvester Conference 1939
J
Jubilee Cup 1935
L
Lord Northcote’s Visit 1905
Lady Forrest’s Garden Party 1914
Lifesaving Club first boat 1931 1931
Light Horse Training 1941
Leschenault Flax Harvest 1941
Labour Day 1946
M
Municipal Conference 1899
Manual School Teachers Gathering 1903 1903
Manual Teachers Exhibition Group 1905
Mill Enginemen Union Meeting 1910
Moorlands Race Event 1947
Maize Challenge 1949
Miss Australia Visit 1950
N
New life-boat launch 1948
New Golf Club 1948
New Harbour Works Initiated 1948
New Boat for Rowing Club 1949
New Year’s Eve 1949/1950
New Year Race Meeting 1950
New Ambulance 1950
O
Opening Meet Bunbury Hunt Club 1906 1906
Opening of Butter Factory 1908
Opening of the Bunbury Small Bore Rifle Butts 1908
Oddfellows’ Ball 1909
Opening of Ocean Drive 1915
Opening Surf Lifesaving Club 1916
Opening of St Patricks 1921
Opening of Commercial Bowling Club 1949
Opening of Lady Mitchell Child Care Centre 1952
P
Poultry Competition 1902
Putting in Electric light poles 1902
Parade 1909
Petrel Refloated 1934
Perth-Bunbury Yacht Race (Voyager) 1949
R
Regatta 1908
Returned Soldiers Visit 1917
RSL Golf Day 1935
S
Shipwreck :Solglyt 1902
Show 1903
Sports Day 1905
Senior Cadets March to Perth 1912 1912
Show 1913
Swimming Carnival 1914
Smallpox Outbreak 1914
Ship’s Captain dies 1915
Six Buicks sold in Bunbury 1917
Sandcastle Competition 1929
Surf Carnival 1929
Soldier’s Reunion 1929
Surf Lifesavers Carnival 1930
Surfing Carnival 1933
Swim Through 1933
Storm Damage 1937
Sea Scouts Camp 1948
Surf Carnival 1948
South Bunbury School Opening 1948
Sunset Memorial Ceremony 1948
South West ALP Conference 1948
Surf Lifesaving Carnival 1940
St John of God Opening 1940
T
U
Unveiling Statue of Alexander Forrest 1903
Ugly Man Competition 1938
Unveiling of Memorial Plaques 1950
V
Visit by Governor 1910
Victory Day Parade 1942
Victory Day Celebrations 1946
Visit By Mrs Menzies 1953
W
Walking Match 1903
World Champion Woodchopping Contest 1911
Wreck Petrel 1934
War Loan Parade 1943
Welcome Home Concert 1946
Y
Yard Derailment 1947
Numbers
10 Mile Bike Race 1903
1st Congress of the Australian Labour Federation 1910
6th Annual Synod of Anglican Diocese 1910
1st Battalion Camp 1911
10th Light Horse Regiment Parade 1941 1941
10th Light Horse Regiment Camp 1941
Compiled by Museum of Perth volunteer Gaye Englund for the Streets of Bunbury project.
Bunbury Hunt 1954
South Western Times Thu 20 Aug 1953 Page 1
Photo courtesy of the National Library of Australia